How Irish was Phil Sheridan?

I have had the good fortune to speak about the Irish in the American Civil War in many different parts of Ireland. When it comes to question-time, there is one topic that is almost always guaranteed to come up- General Phil Sheridan. This is unsurprising given his...

News from Around the South 1/6 to 1/13

  South Carolina: SCV Speaker Celebrates Lee’s Life AIKEN, S.C.– Robert E. Lee was as close to nobility as America could produce, guest speaker Chris Sullivan told a group of about 40 Sons of Confederate Veterans members and family members on Saturday...

A Name Under Siege

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On the fourth floor of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, on a top shelf just to the left of the map collection, lie more than a dozen books that profile one famous Memphian: Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. There are the old ones,...

News from Around the South 12/31 – 1/6

North Carolina: Female Reenactors Celebrate Fort Fisher Anniversary WILMINGTON, N.C. — While Confederate soldiers attempted to defend Fort Fisher in the waning months of the Civil War, most of the women in their lives had spent years keeping the farms going,...

News from Around the South 12/16 to 12/23

FLORIDA: School District Will Rename High School Named for KKK leader JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Following a petition drive that garnered more than 160,000 signatures, a Florida school district will rename a high school whose current name commemorates a Confederate...